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ShapeImporter.Convert

Description:
Converts the geometry stored in the external format into a collection of Revit geometry objects.

public IList<GeometryObject> Convert(
	Document document,
	string filename
)

Public Function Convert ( 
	document As Document,
	filename As String
) As IList(Of GeometryObject)

public:
IList<GeometryObject^>^ Convert(
	Document^ document, 
	String^ filename
)

member Convert : 
        document : Document * 
        filename : string -> IList<GeometryObject>

Document

document

The Revit document where the resulting Revit geometry objects will be used. This document may need to be modified to store dependent elements such as graphics styles and/or materials.
String

filename

The full path to the input file.

Return Value IList<GeometryObject> A collection of Revit geometry objects created from the incoming data.

ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was null
FileArgumentNotFoundException

The given filename does not exist.
InvalidOperationException

Data conversion service is not available, or the Material Library is missing.